8 years ago
Kansas Commerce Secretary Antonio Soave is resigning to pursue private business opportunities. Gov. Sam Brownback's office said Tuesday was Soave's last day as top administrator for the state's economic development programs. Soave has served as commerce secretary since December 2015 and was the CEO of an international business consulting firm before joining the administration. Brownback said former Revenue ...

8 years ago
A jury has been seated in the second trial of a man facing a string of sexual assault charges that have divided the small Kansas town of Holton. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports that 13 of the 23 people excused Monday from serving on 22-year-old Jacob Ewing's jury said they couldn't be impartial. They cited friendships and ...

8 years ago
A gas powered generator is being blamed for a fire that destroyed a home and killed 3 dogs in New Cambria late Monday night. Saline County Undersheriff Brent Melander tells KSAL News that just before midnight, crews from RFD #5 were called to fight a residential fire at 100 E. 1st Street in New Cambria. RFD ...

8 years ago
A crash on Interstate 70 east of Salina on Tuesday morning involving a military convoy vehicle and a small civilian SUV sent three people to the hospital. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol,  a 2011  Chevrolet Equinox was following a military vehicle. The driver of the SUV, 29-year-old Monica Westendorf of Abilene,  was distracted by her ...

8 years ago
An isolated storm that quickly developed, and quickly intensified, caused some damage in a portion of east Salina early Monday evening. The storm generated a tornado warning for eastern Saline County for a brief period of time. The warning was generated by a public report of a tornado in the area of County Club and Simpson ...

8 years ago
One of Salina's largest employers is looking to increase its work force, and is going to give them all a wage increase. Schwan’s Company, which owns and operates the Tony’s pizza manufacturing facility in Salina, announced a $2-an-hour wage increase, an investment of about $5 million annually. The announcement was made as the plant and warehouse ...

8 years ago
Kansas legislators have adjourned their annual session and are waiting for a state Supreme Court ruling on education funding later this summer. The House and Senate met briefly Monday to formally end the session weeks after passing an income tax increase and a plan to boost spending on public schools. The Supreme Court plans to hear arguments ...

8 years ago
An arson investigation is underway after a man awakened to find his front porch on fire Sunday in west Salina. Police Captain Paul Forrester tells KSAL News that 25-year-old Malcolm Norris heard his home smoke alarm sound at 5:15am Sunday morning and ran downstairs to discover a fire just outside his front door. Police say the suspicious ...

8 years ago
Fireworks will go on sale Tuesday. A lot of information will continue to be distributed to educate citizens on the rules, so it's only appropriate to share the information so that we can answer questions of citizens if need be. Please feel free to distribute as needed. Saline County (Assaria & New Cambria follows the County ...

8 years ago
Authorities in east-central Kansas' Lyon County are investigating a small bomb they say was found in a field. The Lyon County Sheriff's Department says that the improvised explosive device was found shortly after 11 a.m. Sunday near Allen by a person who was renting the field. Sheriff's officials contacted a Fort Riley bomb squad, which responded to ...

8 years ago
Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback has signed a state budget for the next two years that will use a $1.2 billion income tax increase to fund government and schools, but he complained about "excessive spending." Brownback signed the $15.6 billion budget bill on Sunday. It will provide raises of up to 5 percent to state workers who ...